Dave & Builder you are both right. I won't pass up a shooter. Especially with the bow. All he needs is 3 pts on one side. Its just that what bugs me is the fact that you can't shoot a buck in early ML season - which runs concurrently with archery season - but you can use a X-bow?!?! Most shots, especially where I hunt are 50 yds and less. A practiced man with a X bow can make that shot and shoot a buck.
I know I could probably keep my bow in the back of my truck, shoot a buck with the ML, then go get my bow and recover him and no one would be the wiser. But that would nag me for the rest of my life. I just couldn't see myself doing something like that.